Improvement in ladiesj imitation collars



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LANG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN LADIES IMITATION COLLARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,1511, dated August 14, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LANG, of the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful articfe of manufacture, to wit: Imitation Ladies Lace Collars; and I hereby declare the following to be a true and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a horizontal view of my said imitation ladies lace collar, and Fig. 2 a crosssection thereof through the line a, b.

rIhe same letters mark the same parts in these figures.

The nature of my invention consists in the production of ladies7 collars, wholly or partially of paper or linen, made to resemble lace, by means hereinafter to be described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same;

I take paper, or cotton-lined paper, or paper mixed with cotton threads or linen threads, or cotton cloth or linen cloth, and cut the same with knives or scissors to the outside form of the lace collar which is to be produced, one of said forms being indicated by the dotted lines of Fig. l. I then place in my new and improved machine for the manufacture of lace paper, described in the specification annexed to Let-ters Patent No. 53,991, granted to me on the 17th day of April, 1866, to which said specification reference is hereby had, dies containing the design of ladies collars which I wish to produce, one of the dies containing said design in relief, and the other depressed or sunk. I then place the paper, linen, or similar material, cut in the form AB CD, between the two dies in my said machine, and press it between said dies, whereby the paper, linen, &c., will receive the design embossed. I then proceed to grind oiI the elevated parts of said embossed paper or similar material in the manner described in my said specification above referred to, and when the same is taken out it will be an exact imitation of a ladys lace collar.

By the means described imitation of ladies lace collars may be more rapidly made than in any other known manner, and the article produced will be a more perfect imitation than any other article of the same kind heretofore made.

I am well aware ofthe fact that ladies lace collars have been imitated before, either by first embossing the paper and then perforatin g it, or by reversing these two operations; but, in either case, the collar produced is diiferent from mine, as I do not pierce the paper at all, but emboss the design, and while in the die I remove the elevated parts of the paper by grinding it off in the manner described, by which a4 more perfect imitation of lace-work is obtained.

I perform all the operations required by one continuous process, thereby obtaining a more uniform and unique cast of the article. My process is unvaryingly regular, and the manufacture is improved i-n finish and in beauty.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An improved article of manufacture, being an imitation of ladies lace collars, made of paper linen, cotton-lined paper, paper mixed with cotton threads or linen threads, cotton cloth, linen cloth, or similar material, made in the manner substantially as describedby one continuous operation, by embossing the design on said paper or similar material, and by removing the elevated parts thereof while lying on the die, for the purpose substantially as described.

CHARLES LANG.

Witnesses:

CEAS. WEHLE, HENRY WEHLE. 

